Chennai vs Yorkshire, Group B

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Badri: 'We decided to build a stand as the wicket wasn't coming on. We had a couple of good partnerships which got us through. It wasn't easy to play shots over the top, once we took our time we could play our shots. My role is to stabilise and build an innings when quick wickets go down. Unlucky not to qualify, but life goes on and we will come back stronger next year.'

Badri is the MoM for his measured innings of 47 in 38 balls.

Raina: 'MS told me to enjoy the captaincy, in future you are going to captain. The wicket was holding a bit, it was coming on slower. Disappointing not to qualify, but we can go home and prepare for England. We are the only side from India who have a chance of winning this, unfortunately we didn't qualify.'

Gale: 'I thought we were 15-20 short. When we were fielding, we were sloppy which didn't help. Fair play to Chennai though. It was an English type wicket where the bounce was spongy. The experience of playing in this tournament has been fantastic. Thanks for all the support back home.'

So Chennai have won their last two games while Yorkshire go home without a win. Today it was Badri's turn to anchor the innings with Dhoni providing the flourish at the end. Yorkshire's atrocious fielding helped them as well - Hannon-Dalby and Rafiq the offenders - they gave away 9-10 runs via overthrows. Do stay tuned for the presentation.

18.6 Iain Wardlaw to Saha, 1 run, Saha falls over while playing the flick, but still gets up and runs to complete an easy win for Chennai.

Wriddhiman Saha, right handed bat, comes to the crease

18.5 Iain Wardlaw to Dhoni, out Bowled!! Extravagant from Dhoni and he misses his helicopter shot. Tailing in again and the ball knocks back the stumps. Dhoni has a smile as he walks off. Raina too welcomes him with one in the dug-out Dhoni b Iain Wardlaw 31(23) [4s-2 6s-2]

16.5 Iain Wardlaw to Dhoni, leg byes, 5 runs, horrendous from Rafiq. Off the pad to short fine leg, Rafiq fires at the strikers end and there is no back-up. Ravindra Jadeja was in and Rafiq has a go at his skip who was unhappy. The skip puts his hand up and apologises. Totally unnecessary and that's now 10 runs gifted away by the Yorkshire side today

11.3 Hannon-Dalby to Dhoni, no run, Dhoni walks across to off, comes out of the crease, is hit on the pad outside off

11.2 Hannon-Dalby to Badrinath, 1 run, to third man

MS Dhoni, right handed bat, comes to the crease

11.1 Hannon-Dalby to Raina, out Caught by David Miller!! Raina completely miscued that - one hand came off the bat handle as he tried to go over cover and Miller runs in from sweeper cover to take it. Raina c David Miller b Hannon-Dalby 31(30) [4s-1 6s-1]

Hannon-Dalby to Raina, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Oliver Hannon-Dalby [2.0-0-8-1] is back into the attack

10.6 Adil Rashid to Raina, 1 run, pushed to long on

10.5 Adil Rashid to Raina, 2 runs, Raina comes down the track and swings a full toss wide of long on for a couple

10.4 Adil Rashid to Badrinath, 1 run, another full toss, one hand came off the bat handle, Badrinath mistimes to long on

10.1 Adil Rashid to Badrinath, FOUR, terrific effort from Patterson, ran all the way to his left at deep point, dived and parried it over the ropes failing to pull it back in. Badrinath made room and scythed it

9.6 Rafiq to Badrinath, 1 run, 6 singles off the over. Badrinath chips out and whips it to deep mid wicket

9.5 Rafiq to Raina, 1 run, another single to long on

9.4 Rafiq to Badrinath, 1 run, Badrinath comes down the track and chips it, on the bounce to the man at long off

9.3 Rafiq to Raina, 1 run, Raina gets forward and drives to long off

9.2 Rafiq to Badrinath, 1 run, makes room and cuts it square of the wicket

9.1 Rafiq to Raina, 1 run, Raina takes it on the full and drives to long off

8.6 Adil Rashid to Badrinath, no run, Badrinath reaches out and drives to point

8.5 Adil Rashid to Badrinath, no run, offie and dabbed to point

8.4 Adil Rashid to Badrinath, no run, full toss and Badrinath picks out cover. Must be disappointed with the end result

7.6 Rafiq to Badrinath, 4 runs, Horrible! Hannon-Dalby the culprit again. It was tucked to short fine, was a dot, but for some strange reason HD threw it way over the keeper and it ran away to the fence. Rafiq and the rest of the team look non-plussed. They must be churning inside

7.5 Rafiq to Badrinath, FOUR, clean slog-sweep! Gets down and gets it over mid wicket

6.2 Hannon-Dalby to Raina, 1 run, Raina hops back and tucks it to backward square leg

6.1 Hannon-Dalby to Badrinath, 1 run, driven to mid on, quick single taken

5.6 J Root to Raina, FOUR, Raina gets forward and reaches out to a low full toss, lifts it over cover - that will be another boundary

5.5 J Root to Badrinath, 1 run, driven along the ground to long on

5.4 J Root to Badrinath, 2 runs, horrible throw from Hannon-Dalby and J Root is livid, the bowler got a hand - or else it would've been 4 extra runs

5.3 J Root to Badrinath, no run, driven to cover, straight to the fielder

5.2 J Root to Raina, 1 run, Raina wanted to go over cover, it was slower and he ended up dragging it to long on

5.1 J Root to Raina, no run, tossed up on off stump, Raina gets forward and defends

Joseph Root, right-arm off break, comes into the attack

4.6 Hannon-Dalby to Raina, 1 run, driven wide of mid off, retains the strike with that run

4.5 Hannon-Dalby to Raina, 2 runs, flicked from leg-stump to backward square leg, placed in the gap for a couple

4.4 Hannon-Dalby to Raina, no run, banged in short and Raina is caught in an awkward position, fends it off, but it doesn' carry to anyone

4.3 Hannon-Dalby to Raina, no run, defended to short mid wicket

S Badrinath, right handed bat, comes to the crease

4.2 Hannon-Dalby to Vijay, out Caught by Lyth at deep square leg!! Flicked in the air and straight to the fielder at deep square. Vijay went for his patented leg-side hoick, but didn't get under the ball. Vijay c Lyth b Hannon-Dalby 13(12) [4s-2]

Hannon-Dalby to Vijay, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

4.1 Hannon-Dalby to Vijay, no run, slower off-cutter, Vijay turns it to short mid wicket

Oliver Hannon-Dalby, right-arm medium, comes into the attack

3.6 Patterson to Raina, SIX, finally he nails one. Raina backs away and goes through with the lofted shot - over long off

3.5 Patterson to Raina, no run, just over off stump, Raina makes room and fails to cut - good take by Hodgson yet again

3.4 Patterson to Raina, no run, Hodgson gloves well, but doesn't take off the bails, would've been interesting had he done so - Raina seemed to lift his foot for a moment after he missed the drive

3.3 Patterson to Raina, 2 runs, hoicked into the gap at backward square leg, for another couple

3.2 Patterson to Raina, no run, backs away and looks to swing - dribbles to mid on

3.1 Patterson to Raina, 2 runs, great effort from Lyth, but didn't even get a hand to it. Lofted into the gap at deep mid wicket - Lyth ran all the way and dived, but the ball fell out of his grasp

2.6 Iain Wardlaw to Vijay, FOUR, short ball and that has been pulled away - rolled his wrists and got it away down to deep backward square leg - a handy boundary

2.5 Iain Wardlaw to Vijay, 2 runs, the bat turned in the hand as Vijay went for the big hit, still a couple to deep mid wicket

2.4 Iain Wardlaw to Raina, 1 run, whipped to deep mid wicket

2.3 Iain Wardlaw to Vijay, 1 run, flicked to deep square leg

2.2 Iain Wardlaw to Vijay, FOUR, ugly hoick and it goes away to the fence. Vijay giving the charge and getting away with an inside edge past leg-stump

1.2 Patterson to du Plessis, out Caught by Rafiq at mid off!! Poor stroke and du Plessis is gone. Too early to try an aggressive shot, chipped out and went for the big hit, off the top edge and caught by Rafiq. du Plessis c Rafiq b Patterson 1(4)

Patterson to du Plessis, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

1.1 Patterson to du Plessis, no run, that bounced a little extra, du Plessis took his bottom hand out of the way before defending - certainly seemed surprised by that

Steven Patterson, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

0.6 Iain Wardlaw to du Plessis, leg byes, 1 run, du Plessis shuffles across to off stump and the ball hits the pad, height was an issue and it is a leg bye

0.5 Iain Wardlaw to Vijay, 1 run, tapped in front of mid on, this time they take the single

0.4 Iain Wardlaw to Vijay, no run, fuller length on off stump, Vijay gets forward and pushes it to mid on

0.3 Iain Wardlaw to Vijay, no run, defended to cover

0.2 Iain Wardlaw to Vijay, no run, in the corridor of uncertainty, short of length and seaming away, Vijay sees it and lifts his bat and lets it go

0.1 Iain Wardlaw to du Plessis, 1 run, good length on off stump, du Plessis turns the wrists and bunts it to deep square leg, is off the mark

du Plessis and Vijay are at the crease. du Plessis is on strike. Iain Wardlaw will open the attack

Yorkshire have given their bowlers something to bowl at thanks to a fine innings from the youngster Ballance. The others played around him and Chennai have to chase at 7 RPO. Raina experimented by throwing the ball to MS which didn't work. We will be back for the chase in a bit.

19.6 Bollinger to D Hodgson, out Caught by du Plessis!! Lifted straight to the fielder at mid off. D Hodgson wanted to go over the man, but failed to do so. D Hodgson c du Plessis b Bollinger 1(4)

19.4 Bollinger to D Hodgson, wide, Bollinger goes far too wide of off and wide called

19.3 Bollinger to D Hodgson, no run, slower delivery and D Hodgson plays and misses, didn't get bat on the attempted dab

19.2 Bollinger to D Hodgson, no run, short outside off, D Hodgson pulls and misses. They don't attempt the bye this time

Dan Hodgson, right handed bat, comes to the crease

19.1 Bollinger to Adil Rashid, out Ballance Run Out!! Ballance is caught just short despite a dive. Saha hitting the stumps and Tucker doesn't even need the third ump. Ballance run out (Saha) 58(38) [4s-1 6s-5]

12.1 Ravindra Jadeja to David Miller, SIX, first ball from Ravindra Jadeja and David Miller goes over long off for a six. Looked like a mishit, but the sliced lofted hit went all the way and over the man's head

Ravindra Jadeja, left-arm orthodox, comes into the attack

11.6 Albie Morkel to Ballance, no run, change of pace from Albie Morkel - Ballance tried to cut that too hard and bottom-edged it onto the ground, to the keeper

11.5 Albie Morkel to Ballance, no run, defended to point

11.4 Albie Morkel to Ballance, 2 runs, gets forward and crashes it into the gap at cover, RJ runs to his left and keeps it down to a couple

11.3 Albie Morkel to David Miller, 1 run, quick single taken to point, the fielder missed the direct hit as well

11.2 Albie Morkel to David Miller, no run, good length outside off, tapped to point

11.1 Albie Morkel to Ballance, 1 run, whipped to deep square leg

10.6 Raina to David Miller, FOUR, reverse swept between Bollinger and Ashwin who are at point and short third respectively. Bisected them beautifully

10.5 Raina to David Miller, 2 runs, makes room and then as Raina follows him, whips it into the gap at deep mid wicket

10.4 Raina to David Miller, no run, flatter and on the leg-stump, David Miller edges the flick onto the pad

10.3 Raina to Ballance, 1 run, gets forward and drives to long on

10.2 Raina to Ballance, FOUR, fine inside out hit. Chipped out and went over cover, one bounce over the ropes

10.1 Raina to David Miller, 1 run, fraction short on the stumps, cut away to backward point where Bollinger dives to his right to save some runs. Has a smile on his face

Suresh Raina, right-arm off break, comes into the attack

9.6 Albie Morkel to Ballance, no run, full on the leg-stump, Ballance gets forward and defends it close to Albie Morkel

9.5 Albie Morkel to David Miller, 1 run, shortish on leg-stump, David Miller swats the pull to deep square leg

9.4 Albie Morkel to Ballance, 1 run, defended past a diving Albie Morkel and cover diving across can't cut it off as well

9.3 Albie Morkel to Ballance, no run, drops it in front of cover, wants the quick single - not there

9.2 Albie Morkel to David Miller, 1 run, good length outside off, steered to third man

9.1 Albie Morkel to David Miller, 2 runs, heaved away to backward square leg, MS sprints to his left from fine leg and pushes it back. Good out-fielding from the Indian skipper

8.6 Ashwin to Ballance, no run, Ballance stumbles out and can't connect with the leg-side nudge. Another cheap over from Ashwin

8.5 Ashwin to Ballance, no run, defended from the crease to another tossed up delivery

8.4 Ashwin to Ballance, no run, that dipped and turned away from the forward defensive of Ballance. Vicious delivery and unfortunately for Ashwin it missed the edge

8.3 Ashwin to Ballance, 2 runs, kneels down and paddles it from the stumps to fine leg for a couple

8.2 Ashwin to Ballance, no run, gets forward and pushes it to mid on

8.1 Ashwin to David Miller, 1 run, good fielding by Faf at cover, but nearly concedes an over-throw with a wild throw, but there is back-up

Ravichandran Ashwin [2.0-0-17-0] is back into the attack

Gary Ballance, left handed bat, comes to the crease

7.6 Albie Morkel to J Root, out Caught by Saha!! J Root walks. Harmless leg-side delivery, J Root just gloved it and Saha went to his left and took a good catch. Yorkshire lose their third. J Root c Saha b Albie Morkel 6(11) [4s-1]

7.4 Albie Morkel to David Miller, 1 run, good fielding from Bollinger, goes quickly to his right and puts in the dive to stop a crisp off drive

7.3 Albie Morkel to David Miller, no run, turned to short mid wicket. David Miller is yet to get off the mark

7.2 Albie Morkel to David Miller, no run, good length delivery on the stumps, David Miller gets right behind the line and defends

7.1 Albie Morkel to J Root, 1 run, reaches out and cuts it square of the wicket

6.6 Hilfenhaus to David Miller, no run, good bouncer that from Hilfenhaus, has David Miller ducking for cover

6.5 Hilfenhaus to J Root, 1 run, the back of the hand slower delivery, J Root waits for it and runs it down to third man

6.4 Hilfenhaus to J Root, no run, back to back of a length stuff from Hilfenhaus, J Root gets back in defence

6.3 Hilfenhaus to J Root, FOUR, that's a good shot. Wide and to the left of mid on. J Root timing the on-drive beautifully. One hand came off the bat as he played that, but that didn't stop the boundary

6.2 Hilfenhaus to J Root, no run, defended to point from the crease

David Miller, left handed bat, comes to the crease

6.1 Hilfenhaus to Lyth, out Caught by Vijay at mid off!! Very similar dismissal to Gale's. Gave the charge and tried to flat-bat it, hit it straight up in the air. An easier way to describe this wicket - Ctrl C Gale's description and Ctrl V here. Lyth c Vijay b Hilfenhaus 11(11) [4s-2]

Hilfenhaus to Lyth, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

5.6 Albie Morkel to J Root, no run, superb bowling this from Albie Morkel. Again that outside off-stump channel and it held it's line once more, beating a nervous push from J Root who shakes his head after missing that delivery

5.5 Albie Morkel to J Root, no run, pushed to cover from the crease

5.4 Albie Morkel to J Root, no run, what a peach from Albie Morkel. Goes wide of the crease and angles it in, it straightened around off and missed the inside edge, the outside edge wasn't found as well

5.2 Albie Morkel to Lyth, 1 run, opens the face of the bat and runs it down to third man

Joseph Root, right handed bat, comes to the crease

5.1 Albie Morkel to Gale, out Caught by Bollinger at mid off!! That's the end of Gale. Tried one shot too many and miscued it straight up in the air after giving the charge to Albie Morkel. Wanted to go leg-side, but it took the outer half of the bat. Gale c Bollinger b Albie Morkel 23(22) [4s-1 6s-2]

Albie Morkel to Gale, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Albie Morkel, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

4.6 Hilfenhaus to Lyth, no run, punched sweetly, but straight to the fielder at mid off

4.5 Hilfenhaus to Gale, 1 run, makes room and tries to repeat the previous six, but edges it to third man

4.4 Hilfenhaus to Gale, no run, clipped to mid wicket and there is not a single this time too

4.3 Hilfenhaus to Gale, no run, Hilfenhaus tucks up Gale with a length ball on the stumps, turned to mid wicket

4.2 Hilfenhaus to Gale, SIX, that's a fine riposte from Gale. Chips out, makes room and carves it over square third man for a fab six. Timed that really well

4.1 Hilfenhaus to Gale, no run, loud shot for LBW, but it was sliding down. Pitched on middle and rapped Gale on the pads, but the swing ensured that it was going down leg. Good call by the ump

Ben Hilfenhaus, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

3.6 Bollinger to Lyth, no run, brilliant fielding by Faf at point. Dives full length to his left at point and stops it with one-hand - the right hand which makes it even more special

3.5 Bollinger to Gale, 1 run, length ball is turned to the left of Raina at square leg

3.4 Bollinger to Gale, no run, Bollinger comes back well with a rising delivery outside off, beating Gale's cut. Bollinger bent his back and got extra life from that delivery

3.3 Bollinger to Gale, SIX, great pull shot. Perhaps Gale was waiting for the short ball I guess - rocks back and thumps it way into the stands at deep sxquare leg

3.2 Bollinger to Gale, no run, makes room and tries to slap it hard through cover, doesn't get the timing right

3.1 Bollinger to Gale, no run, back of a length around off, Gale defends off the backfoot

3.1 Bollinger to Gale, wide, now sprays it down leg

3.1 Bollinger to Gale, wide, short and way outside off

2.6 Ashwin to Lyth, FOUR, replays prove to be inconclusive after MS pulled it back with a slide. His right elbow was very close to the ad hoardings and the third ump reckoned it was a boundary. Too close to call and the tv ump went in favor of the batsman

Has MS saved a run? Slides near the boundary and looks like he has pulled it back safely. The third ump is taking a lot of looks and signals a boundary

2.5 Ashwin to Lyth, FOUR, nice shot. Makes room and belts it over cover. Really hit that very hard and cleared the man in the ring easily

2.4 Ashwin to Gale, 1 run, works it through mid wicket to rotate the strike

Gale: 'The conditions look a lot like home. David Miller comes in for the injured Phil Jaques. The pitch looks good for batting today.'

Raina: 'MS wanted to take a break, so it's a good opportunity for me to go to India with a win. Definitely he will bowl for a couple of overs today. We are bowling today.'

Surprise, surprise Raina is captaining Chennai today. MS is playing as well.

Chennai have won the toss and elected to field

Welcome to the first game of the double dead rubber. Chennai take on Yorks in the first game and Mumbai play Sydney in the next. There is nothing at stake in both these games, except 'pride' and probably some match practice for Sydney before the semi finals. Stay tuned for the toss and other updates.

Preview

Already out of the semi-final race, T20 League heavyweights Chennai would look to redeem some pride and end their campaign on a high when they take on a less-formidable Yorkshire in their final Group B match of the Champions League Twenty20 in Durban on Monday.

Both Chennai and fellow T20 League side Mumbai have crashed out of the tournament after Sydney Sixers and HighveldLions qualified for the semi-finals from Group B.

Even before the first ball was bowled in Saturday night's T20 League derby between Chennai and Mumbai, the match was rendered a dead-rubber after Lions notched up a five-wicket victory over Yorkshire earlier in the day to become the second team from Group B to reach the semifinals.

However, there was something to cheer about for Chennai fans as the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led side eked out a narrow six-run win over Mumbai in the consequential T20 League derby.

Chennai would like to carry on the winning momentum into Monday's match and going by form, the Indian outfit starts as overwhelming favourites against Yorkshire.

Chennai

The Chennai-based team started its campaign with a 14-run loss to Sydney Sixers before suffering a six-wicket defeat at the hands of Lions.

They, however, managed to register a win over Mumbai, which though came a little too late. Against Mumbai on Saturday night, Murali Vijay and Faf du Plessis set the platform with a challenging 173 for 8 with a 86-run opening stand.

Dhoni also played a useful hand with a 19-ball 35-run cameo.And if they can continue the same way, there is no reason why Chennai can't post a huge total against a weak Yorkshire bowling attack.

Bowling, however, remains a concern for Chennai as their slow bowlers were taken for a ride by Mumbai batsmen on Saturday night.

But their pace department is in the safe hands of Ben Hilfenhaus, who turned out to be the hero for Chennai on Saturday with figures of two for 14 from his four overs.

Yorkshire

Injury-hit English side, Yorkshire is also out of the semi-final reckoning as they are languishing at the bottom of Group B. After winning both their matches in the Qualifying event, Yorkshire received a mauling at the hands of Sydney Sixers in their first match before sharing the points against Mumbai in a rained-out game.

They needed to win against Lions yesterday to stay in the hunt and keep the group wide open, but failed to do so, losing by five wickets in a low-scoring affair.

Yorkshire too would be desperate to sign off their campaign on a high and return home with at least a win under their belt.

And for that to happen, Yorkshire will look up to Phil Jaques, Gary Ballance and Adil Rashid to score the bulk of the runs. Yorkshire, however, lack stars in the bowling department and it is important that every individual who gets to roll his arm over comes good.